| An Act to authorise the appointment of Commissioners to investigate the claims of certain Inhabitants of this Province, for losses sustained during the late unnatural Rebellion. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 13 |
1838 |
This act appoints commissioners to examine the claims of residents of the province who have had property damaged in the uprising of 1837 for possible compensation. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further amendment of the Law. Passed 9th March 1838. |
1 Victoria Chapter 13 |
1838 |
This act creates new regulations for court cases. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Ordinance to make provision for defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, to the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. |
1 Victoria Chapter 12 (Session 1) |
1838 |
This Ordinance provides a sum not exceeding forty-seven thousand, three hundred and forty-four pounds, fourteen shillings and seven pence to defray expenses incurred by the Civil Government from 1837-1838. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for indemnifying persons who since the Second of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, have acted in Apprehending, Imprisoning, or Detaining in Custody, persons suspected of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices, and in the Suppression of Unlawful Assemblies, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 12 |
1838 |
This act pardons those who took actions which may not have been entirely legal, but were considered necessary at the time, in order to subdue the insurrection of December 1837. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to the Acts regulating the sale of Real Estate seized and taken in execution. Passed 9th March 1838. |
1 Victoria Chapter 12 |
1838 |
This act creates provision for what to do with confiscated property in case a sheriff who confiscated it dies. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Ordinance authorizing the repayment out of the moneys in the hands of the Receiver General of this Province, of certain sums advanced from the Imperial Treasury. |
1 Victoria Chapter 11 (Session 1) |
1838 |
This Ordinance authorises the repayment of the sums advanced from the one hundred and forty-two thousand one hundred and sixty pounds fourteen shillings and six-pence granted from the Treasury during the 1837-38 Rebellion, and the processes by which the sums advanced should be accounted for. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the unlawful Training of persons to the use of Arms, and to practice Military evolutions and exercises; and to authorise Justices of the Peace to seize and, detain Arms collected or kept for purposes dangerous to the public peace. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 11 |
1838 |
This act prevents people not associated with the militia, or who do not have the permission of the province, from practicing military exercises. It also outlaws the possession of many weapons. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to and explanatory of an Act, intituled An Act to regulate proceedings before Justices of the Peace in Civil Suits. Passed 9th March 1838. |
1 Victoria Chapter 11 |
1838 |
This act allows Jusices of the Peace to issue capias in civil suits worth 10 shillings. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Ordinance for indemnifying persons who since the first day of October, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Seven, have acted in apprehending, imprisoning, or detaining in Custody, persons suspected of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices, and in the Suppression of unlawful Assemblies, and for other purposes therein mentioned. |
1 Victoria Chapter 10 (Session 1) |
1838 |
Under this Ordinance, all personal actions, suits, indictments, and prosecutions against persons who apprehended, committed, imprisoned, or detained rebels or persons for High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices are to be discharged or made void, under the terms and limits outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Government of this Province to extend a conditional Pardon, in certain cases, to Persons who have been concerned in the late Insurrection. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 10 |
1838 |
This act allows certain people who engaged in the recent rebellion to be granted a conditional pardon; the condition is the individual in question should banished themselves from the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to the Act for defining the crime of Forgery. Passed 9th March 1838. |
1 Victoria Chapter 10 |
1838 |
This act expands provisions of a 1835 act prohibiting forgery to encompass more forms of writting. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Act to make temporary provision for the Government of Lower Canada. (10th February, 1838.) |
1 Victoria Chapter 9 (Session 1) |
1838 |
Under this Act, the government of the Province of Lower Canada is to be handled by a Special Council rather than the Provincial Parliament as directed until November of 1840. The duties and limits of this Special Council are described. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue a certain Act therein mentioned, relating to Protested Bills of Exchange. |
1 Victoria Chapter 9 (Session 1) |
1838 |
This Ordinance continues the 1833 Act, “An Act further to suspend certain parts of an Act or Ordinance therein mentioned, and to consolidate and further to continue for a limited time, the provisions of two other Acts therein mentioned, for more effectually ascertaining the damages on protested Bills of Exchange, and for determining disputes relating thereto, and for other purposes;” which is to remain in force until 1842. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the more speedy attainder of persons indicted for High Treason, who have fled from this Province, or remain concealed therein, to escape from Justice. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 9 |
1838 |
This act clarifies how to prosecute those who are accused of treason but who have either fled the province or who are in hiding. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the amendment of the Law with respect to Wills. Passed 9th March 1838. |
1 Victoria Chapter 9 |
1838 |
This act creates new rules and regulations for the creation of wills and inheritance. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Ordinance to continue a certain Act therein mentioned, intituled, “An Act for the Transportation of certain Offenders from this Province to England, to be thence again transported to New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land.” |
1 Victoria Chapter 8 (Session 1) |
1838 |
This Act continues the 1835 Act, “An Act for the Transportation of certain Offenders from this Province to England, to be thence again transported to New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land," which is to remain in force until 1842. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the appointment of a Master of the Rolls to the Court of Chancery in this Province, and to provide for such Officer. Passed 9th March 1838. |
1 Victoria Chapter 8 |
1838 |
This act creates a procedure to appoint a Master of Rolls for the Court of Chancery. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Act to amend, and reduce into one Act, the Militia Laws of this Province. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 8 |
1838 |
This act consolidates and refines several provincial militia acts into one. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to investigate the Claims of certain loyal Inhabitants of this Province, for losses sustained during the late unnatural Rebellion. |
1 Victoria Chapter 7 (Session 1) |
1838 |
Under this Ordinance, three commissioners are to be appointed to investigate losses or damages that loyal inhabitants suffered during the rebellion. The processes by which these commissioners are to be appointed and their duties are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the better assessment of County and Parish Rates. Passed 9th March 1838. |
1 Victoria Chapter 7 |
1838 |
This act creates a new system for the conducting of county and parish assessments. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |